Expanded Pilot Pipeline Hoped to Fill Some Right Seats
Emirates has announced that its national cadet pilot program has been opened to trainees all over the world. The training facility, Emirates Flight Training Academy, sports all the upscale accouterments expected of the line, with SR22s and Diamond DA-42s for the early phases of training, and Embraer Phenom 100s for later turbine coursework. Previous alumni have "all been snapped up by Emirates after a stringent recruitment process", with cadets ranging from 17 to 26 years old. The ATPL course takes "approximately 113 weeks".
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